Russian and East European Studies Program
(REESP)
The
Russian and East European
Studies Program brings together faculty and students from a variety of fields to
pursue a common interest in the cultures, history, languages and political
institutions of East Central European and the successor states to the USSR.
Through our Certificate Program, we aim to provide a rigorous and comprehensive
liberal arts training, preparing our students for continuing engagement with
Russia and Eastern Europe throughout their careers. In addition, we serve as a
cultural resource by sponsoring field trips, symposia, lectures, films and other events.
Certificate and/or REESP Minor
Requirements
I. Language
The following
Russian language courses, or demonstration of advanced proficiency in another
language of Eastern Europe:
RUSS 1001-1002 Elementary
Russian I-II. (3 credits each)
RUSS 1101-1102 Intermediate Russian
I-II. (3 credits each)
RUSS
2001-2002 Interactive
Elementary Russian I-II (1 credit each)
RUSS 1111-2112 Interactive Intermediate Russian I-II (1
credit each)
For information
on all Russian language & literature courses
II. Area Study Courses
15 credits from
the following list. Not more than nine credits may be taken from a single
department. Additional courses may be approved for credit toward the
certificate at the
discretion of the program director.
DIPL
4185 Foreign Policy of Post-Soviet States
ENGL 3401 Classical Russian
Literature
ENGL 3402 Contemporary Russian
Literature
HIST 2246 Kievan Rus’ and
Muscovy
HIST 2256 History of Imperial
Russia
HIST 2257 East Central Europe
HIST 2266 Twentieth Century
Russia
HIST 2276 The Transformation
of Russia,
1894-1932
HIST 2290 Topics in Modern
Russian History
HIST 2291 Cold Water
POLS 2613 The Politics of Soviet
Union and its Successor States
POLS 2713 Foreign Policy of the
Soviet Union and its Successor States
POLS 3614 Theory and Politics
of Communist Systems
RELS 2224 Eastern
Christianity OR
RELS 2241 Introduction to Ecumenism
RUSS
3001-3002 Advanced Russian I and II
RUSS 3011 Russian Conversation
RUSS 3031-3032 Scientific Russian I and II
RUSS 3401-3402 Intro to Russian Literature I and II
RUSS 3305 Russian Civilization
RUSS 3601 Russian Culture through Film (Russian Cinema)
RUSS 4431-4432 Modern Russian Literature I and II
RUSS
4463
Russian Drama
RUSS
4801-4802
Studies in Russian Literature I and II
III. Essay
(Not required for reesp minor)
A program essay (the equivalent
of a senior paper) must be submitted on a topic approved
by the director and written under
the supervision of a faculty member involved
in the program. Normally this requirement will be satisfied by taking supervised
research in the department of each student's major.
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For more information about the
Program, please contact
Prof. Maxim Matusevich
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